布魚

Chinese

		to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth	fish
trad. (布魚)		布	魚
simp. (布鱼)		布	鱼

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): bou⁴ hy²

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bou⁴ hy² [Phonetic: bou⁴ y²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu⁴² ^(h-)y¹³/

Noun

布魚

1. (Putian Puxian Min) silverfish

Synonyms

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• 壁魚 / 壁鱼 (bìyú)
• 書蛀蟲 / 书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
• 書蟲 / 书虫 (shūchóng)
• 白魚 / 白鱼 (báiyú)
• 紙魚 / 纸鱼 (zhǐyú)
• 蛀 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 蛀書蟲 / 蛀书虫
• 蠹 (dù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 蠹魚 / 蠹鱼 (dùyú)
• 衣蟲 / 衣虫 (yīchóng)
• 衣魚 / 衣鱼 (yīyú)

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “布鱼”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 59.